GMB Scotland has today (Monday 2 August) advised thousands of local government cleansing workers to prioritise safety and exercise their ‘right to refuse’ requests from employers to continue working if they have been exposed to COVID-19...

Diageo Results “A Golden Opportunity” To Future Proof Scottish Jobs...

The decision taken by the Scottish Government to introduce exemptions for critical workers from self-isolation guidance has been driven by resource, not by what’s safe for the workers or their families...

Responding to the First Minister’s announcement this afternoon (Tuesday 13 July) in response to questioning by Willie Rennie MSP, that potential changes on isolation exemptions for health and social care staff remain under “active consideration”, GMB Senior Organiser for Public Services Drew Duffy warned...

Work on the Type-26 Frigate at BAE shipyards in Govan and Scotstoun could be ground to a halt by industrial action later this summer, as cleaners fighting for a living wage begin a two-week consultative ballot today (Tuesday 6 July)...

McVitie’s workers in Tollcross are seeking the backing of the food and retail giant M&S in their campaign to save the closure-threatened manufacturing site - and they are asking the Glasgow public to help...

Tollcross McVitie’s Workers Take the Fight for their Future to Holyrood...

Workers at Clydebank Engineering and Fabrication (CBEF) are being consulted this week over whether to move to a full industrial action ballot against their employer’s refusal to improve a pay offer for 2021 of just 50 pence an hour...

The prospect of strike action across Hanover Housing Association services has moved closer after GMB Scotland served the social housing provider with statutory notice for an industrial action ballot against an “insulting” 1 per cent pay offer for frontline workers...

Redundancy Threatened McVitie’s Workers Continue Fight For Future With M&S Demo...